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CVE-2024-21651

XWiki Denial of Service attack through attachments

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.

XWiki Platform es una plataforma wiki genérica que ofrece servicios de ejecución para aplicaciones creadas sobre ella. Un usuario capaz de adjuntar un archivo a una página puede publicar un archivo TAR con formato incorrecto manipulando los encabezados de los tiempos de modificación del archivo, que cuando Tika los analiza, podría causar un problema de denegación de servicio debido al consumo de CPU. Esta vulnerabilidad ha sido parcheada en XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 y 15.8 RC1.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-12-29 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-01-08 CVE Published
  • 2024-01-18 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-01 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Xwiki
Search vendor "Xwiki"
 Xwiki
Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki"
 >= 14.10 < 14.10.18
Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki" and version " >= 14.10 < 14.10.18"
-
Affected
Xwiki
Search vendor "Xwiki"
 Xwiki
Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki"
 >= 15.5 < 15.5.3
Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki" and version " >= 15.5 < 15.5.3"
-
Affected
Xwiki
Search vendor "Xwiki"
 Xwiki
Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki"
 >= 15.6 < 15.8
Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki" and version " >= 15.6 < 15.8"
-
Affected